Clinical trials: Soil Transmitted Helminths
Healthy Volunteers
A Safety Study of Mebendazole in Children 2 to 10 Years of Age
The purpose of this study is to assess the safety and tolerability of mebendazole 500-mg chewable tablet formulation in a pediatric population.
- Trial name
- NCT01173562
- Testing
- Mebendazole
- Where
- Tanzania
- Volunteers
- 397 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Johnson & Johnson Pharmaceutical Research & Development, L.L.C.
Infections
Education Intervention to Reduce Helminth Infections and Absenteeism in Grade 5 School-children
To efficiently control soil-transmitted helminths (Ascaris, Trichuris, and hookworm), WHO, PAHO, and others recommend the inclusion of an education strategy in school-based deworming programs.
- Trial name
- NCT01085799
- Testing
- Health Education Intervention
- Where
- Peru
- Volunteers
- 1,101 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- McGill University Health Centre/Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre
Helminthiasis, Nematode Infection
Impact of Alternative Treatment Strategies and Delivery Systems for Soil-transmitted Helminths in Kenya
The mainstay of control of soil-transmitted helminths (STH) is school-based deworming but recent modelling has highlights that in all but low very transmission settings, the treatment of school-aged children is unlikely to…
- Conditions
- Helminthiasis, Nematode Infection, Disease Transmission, Infectious
- Trial name
- TUMIKIA (NCT02397772)
- Testing
- albendazole
- Where
- Kenya
- Volunteers
- 21,761 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Trachoma
Water Uptake for Health in Amhara Pilot
Trachoma is a blinding disease caused by ocular strains of Chlamydia trachomatis. The Carter Center and Proctor Foundation have been jointly conducting trachoma research in the Goncha Siso Enese woreda of Amhara for the past 8…
- Trial name
- WUHA (NCT02373657)
- Testing
- instruction in soap-making and hygiene education
- Where
- Ethiopia
- Volunteers
- 4,068 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Francisco
Hookworm Infection, Hookworm Disease
Safety and Immunogenicity Study of Na-GST-1 With or Without CpG
Na-GST-1 is a protein expressed during the adult stage of the hookworm life cycle that is thought to play a role in the parasite's degradation of host hemoglobin for use as an energy source.
- Trial name
- NCT02143518
- Testing
- Na-GST-1/Alhydrogel®, CpG 10104
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 24 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Baylor College of Medicine
Soil Transmitted Helminth (STH) Infections, Schistosomiasis Infection
Protocol for Integrating Mass Drug Administration Into Primary Health Care in Western Kenya
This study aims to determine whether distributing deworming drugs through routine healthcare services at the first point of contact in the health system is an effective way to prevent and treat worm infections in Western Kenya.
- Trial name
- NCT07507461
- Testing
- Primary Healthcare-Integrated Service Delivery, Standard Mass Drug Adminitsration service delivery
- Where
- Kenya
- Volunteers
- 1,229 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Amref Health Africa
Helminthiasis
Assessment of Drug Efficacy of Local Albendazole
Infections with soil-transmitted helminthes (STH) occur throughout the developing world and remain a major public health problem in the poorest communities.
- Trial name
- NCT02420574
- Testing
- albendazole BENDEX, albendazole OVIS
- Volunteers
- 679 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Ghent
Soil-Transmitted Helminths
Real World Evaluation of an Albendazole-Ivermectin Coformulation Safety and Effectiveness
An open-label, randomized by school, two-arm pragmatic trial, will be conducted involving two study sites in Sub-Saharan-Africa (SSA), Ghana and Kenya, to evaluate safety and effectiveness of the newly developed fixed dose…
- Trial name
- NCT06282315
- Testing
- Pre-screening Phase, Screenig Phase, Randomization
- Where
- 2 sites in Ghana, Kenya
- Volunteers
- 20,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Insud Pharma
Hookworm Infection, Hookworm Disease
Safety and Immunogenicity of the Na-APR-1 Hookworm Vaccine in Healthy Adults
Hookworms digest hemoglobin from erythrocytes for use as an energy source via a proteolytic cascade that begins with the aspartic protease, APR-1.
- Trial name
- NCT01717950
- Testing
- Na-APR-1 (M74)/Alhydrogel®, Gluco-Pyranosylphospho-Lipid A Aqueous Formulation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Baylor College of Medicine
Trichuris Trichiura; Infection, Hookworm Infections
Efficacy and Safety of Emodepside in Adults Infected With Trichuris Trichiura and Hookworm
The rationale of the study is to provide evidence on the efficacy and safety of Emodepside in adults infected with Trichuris trichiura and hookworm.
- Trial name
- EMODEP_PEMBA (NCT05017194)
- Testing
- Emodepside
- Where
- Tanzania
- Volunteers
- 442 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Jennifer Keiser
Diarrhoea, Soil-transmitted Helminth Infection
Cluster Randomised Trial of Improved Sanitation in Rural Orissa, India
The study is a cluster-randomized, controlled trial conducted among 100 villages (including approximately 3500 households and 20,000 people) in Puri district, State of Orissa, India.
- Conditions
- Diarrhoea, Soil-transmitted Helminth Infection, Nutritional Status
- Trial name
- NCT01214785
- Testing
- Provision of household latrines
- Where
- India
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Soil-transmitted Helminth Infections
Validating Egg-based Diagnostics and Molecular Markers for the Spread of Anthelmintic Resistance
Soil-transmitted helminths (STHs) are a group of parasitic worms that infect millions of children in sub-tropical and tropical countries, resulting in malnutrition, growth stunting, intellectual retardation and cognitive…
- Trial name
- StarwormsWP1 (NCT03465488)
- Testing
- Albendazole Pill 400mg (GSK)
- Where
- 4 sites in Brazil, Ethiopia and 2 more
- Volunteers
- 1,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Ghent
Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic
Postpartum Deworming: Improving Breastfeeding and Optimizing Infant Growth
Women of reproductive age are considered a high-risk group for worm infections by the World Health Organization. Maternal infection and anemia contribute to infant malnutrition by affecting milk quality and quantity, and duration…
- Trial name
- NCT01748929
- Testing
- Albendazole
- Where
- Peru
- Volunteers
- 1,010 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- McGill University Health Centre/Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre
Schistosomiasis in Children, Soil Transmitted Helminth (STH) Infections
Burden of Schistosomiasis and Soil-transmitted Helminth Infections in Schoolchildren in Banfora, Burkina Faso
A cross-sectional study will be conducted among 300 schoolchildren in the Banfora region, including 120 in urban and 180 in rural areas, to assess the prevalence of schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminth infections.
- Conditions
- Schistosomiasis in Children, Soil Transmitted Helminth (STH) Infections, Malaria Infection, Anaemia
- Trial name
- NTDs_SAC (NCT06973200)
- Testing
- Dihydroartemisin-piperaquine
- Where
- Burkina Faso
- Volunteers
- 300 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Centre MURAZ/Institut National de Santé Publique
Lymphatic Filariasis, Onchocerciasis
Optimization of Mass Drug Administration With Existing Drug Regimens for Lymphatic Filariasis and Onchocerciasis for Ivory Coast (DOLF-Ivory Coast)
Approximately 4,000 people will participate per year. The study population will include females and males over 5 years of age who live in filariasis and onchocerciasis endemic areas.
- Conditions
- Lymphatic Filariasis, Onchocerciasis, Soil Transmitted Helminth (STH) Infections
- Trial name
- NCT02032043
- Testing
- Annual versus Semiannual Albendazole plus Ivermectin MDA
- Where
- Côte d’Ivoire
- Volunteers
- 14,457 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Washington University School of Medicine
Helminth Infection
Intestinal Microbiome Post-Azythromycin/Albendazole Treatment
Molecular testing of the gut microbiome and enteric pathogens is rapidly moving beyond targeted PCR testing to next generation sequencing techniques.
- Trial name
- NCT03032042
- Testing
- Azithromycin, Albendazole, Delayed treatment
- Where
- Ethiopia
- Volunteers
- healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Francisco
Schistosomiasis, Helminthiases
Iron Supplementation in Schistosomiasis and Soil Transmitted Helminths Control Programmes in Zambia
The objectives of this study is: to establish the coverage rate of weekly iron supplementation in children in intervention schools over a period of nine months document any side effects of weeekly iron supplementation among…
- Conditions
- Schistosomiasis, Helminthiases, Anaemia
- Trial name
- NCT00276224
- Testing
- ferrous sulphate (drug)
- Where
- Zambia
- Volunteers
- 480 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- DBL -Institute for Health Research and Development
Healthy
Safety, Tolerability and PK of Single and Multiple Doses of Oxantel Pamoate Tablets
The goal of this clinical trial is to evaluate the safety, tolerability and pharmacokinetics of oxantel pamoate tablet after administration of a single and multiple dose in healthy male and female adult volunteers.
- Trial name
- HELP-OXA (NCT06606860)
- Testing
- Oxantel Pamoate
- Where
- Tanzania
- Volunteers
- 45 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Swiss Tropical & Public Health Institute
Trachoma
Sanitation, Water, and Instruction in Face-washing for Trachoma I/II
SWIFT I is a series of 3 cluster-randomized trials designed to assess several alternative strategies for trachoma control in communities that have been treated with many years of mass azithromycin distributions.
- Trial name
- SWIFT I/II (NCT02754583)
- Testing
- Water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) intervention, Standard of care WASH intervention, Azithromycin
- Where
- Ethiopia
- Volunteers
- 47,605 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Francisco
Helminths Infection, Drug Resistance
Human Soil Transmitted Helminths (STH) Resistance to Benzimidazole in School Aged Children Living in Gabon
Soil-transmitted helminths (STHs) infections are common in subtropics and mostly affect the poorest communities, with an impact on human health in many parts of the world.
- Trial name
- BenziR (NCT04326868)
- Testing
- Benzimidazole Anthelmintic
- Where
- Gabon
- Volunteers
- 255 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Centre de Recherche Médicale de Lambaréné